Crash to Nothingness

[SCGavin]

Hey guys!

I currently play Mount and Blade (Version 1.011) with the Mod Prophesy of Pendor V2.0. In battles that take some time because the odd horseman refuses to be killed or something similar my game crashes seemingly randomly. I don't get a blue screen of death or an error message. The display goes black, but the music continues to play. I can't revive my PC via any key-combinations on the keyboard and have to reboot my PC. Afterwards I'm not shown any error message either. This crash doesn't happen in every battle and it mostly happens towards the end of a battle. Once the crash happened in a tournament, but except for that it exclusively happens in battles and sieges. I could play native without problems (at least as far as I recall), but I had some problems when I first played Mount and Blade with Graphical Enhancement 2.5 and the HDR-addon. The crash doesn't occur in the first battle after the start of a savegame, but only in battles after that.

I set ragdolls and bodycount (or how that's called) to 0, installed the latest drivers, but I still get the crash. I don't use the battlesizer and my battlesize isn't particularly high (240 I think correction: 51).

This crash is rather annoying because I have to retreat in every battle to save, so that I don't loose my entire progress if the crash occurs. Unfortunately my allies can't understand the necessity of this and think I run from the battle due to cowardice. Duh.

I searched some threads but found none that helped me with my crash.

My system information:
Operating system: Windows XP Home, Service Pack 3
CPU: 2 CPUs, Intel Core 2 6400 (Merom), 2133 Mhz
Graphics: Radeon X1900 Series, 512 RAM
RAM: 2 GB DDR 2

 

[Immortal Tiger]

Hi I am also getting a similiar crash with 1.011 and the 1257AD mod installed.

First time through the game ran fine without any crashes, but since then it has gotten progressively worse.

It started off crashing in the training field. Blank screen, unable to reset.

After about 15 tries I turned off AA and managed to play for about an hour before I had my second battle with looters, again blank screen, unable to reset have to power off/power on.

Now it won't even go past the main menu, when the menu loads, I am unable to choose any options and within the a few seconds the screen flickers then blank screen, monitor goes into sleep mode.

All other games work fine, and my systems temps are 31 degrees.

My system:

System Information
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Time of this report: 6/27/2009, 15:55:07
      Machine name: ****
  Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
      System Model: AWRDACPI
              BIOS: v0.1 
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.2GHz
            Memory: 1536MB RAM
          Page File: 1012MB used, 4979MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: The registry information for the DirectPlay application 'Imperial Glory' is missing or damaged.  You should reinstall that application.

Display Devices
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        Card name: Radeon X1950 Pro
    Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x7280)
        DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
      Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7280&SUBSYS_2204148C&REV_9A
  Display Memory: 512.0 MB
    Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
          Monitor: SyncMaster 971P, SyncMaster Magic CX913P(Digital)
  Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
  Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6912 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/4/2009 14:55:01, 324096 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: n/a
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
        Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys

Sound Devices
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            Description: SB Audigy 4 [B000]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0008&SUBSYS_10211102&REV_00
        Manufacturer ID: 1
            Product ID: 100
                  Type: WDM
            Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
        Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1361 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 7/7/2008 09:31:10, 532376 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Creative
        HW Accel Level: Full

This is one of the best games I've come across, I just wish I could play it.

 

[Archonsod]

Try asking in the mod thread to see if anyone else has similar problems. If it's not happening in native, then it's something the modder has altered. It may be the mod has increased the load on the machine to the point your PC is preparing to collapse, it may be they've screwed up a script or trigger.

 

[SCGavin]

Try asking in the mod thread to see if anyone else has similar problems. If it's not happening in native, then it's something the modder has altered. It may be the mod has increased the load on the machine to the point your PC is preparing to collapse, it may be they've screwed up a script or trigger.

I believe that it generally happens when I use mods. It also happened with the Graphic Enhancement mod and HDR-addon, so I don't think it's a problem due to changes made by the PoP modding team. Also I think that if my PC where to collapse because of e.g. heat, I wouldn't be able to still hear the music. Nonetheless I'm going to post it on the subforum of the mod.

 

[Immortal Tiger]

I may have solved my crash, I removed, cleaned and  reseated the graphics card and so far no crashes.